Halo 5: Guardians Release Date Announced

In a new live-action Halo 5: Guardians TV ad airing during The Walking Dead tonight, Microsoft announced that Master Chief's first native Xbox One outing will release on October 27, 2015.

At the conclusion of the commercial, a still of which previously leaked, Agent Locke walks through a human city reduced to rubble, towards a statue of Master Chief. It appears that Locke is addressing the statue, but as he approaches, we see Master Chief, with a massive hole in the upper left shoulder of his armor, sitting wounded at the base of the statue. Locke angrily blames Chief for the destruction around them, saying he was humanity's savior and now betrayer. He switches to his pistol and the commercial ends as Locke draws on Chief, and then we see a Halo 5 logo screen and a release date: 10.27.15.

A second ad then aired one hour later, showing the same events from Master Chief's perspective with the roles reversed: Chief was walking towards a wounded Locke, asking him if "it was all worth it." The commercial ends with Chief drawing his weapon on Locke. Look for a full analysis of these two trailers in the IGN Rewind Theater very soon.

As many assumed Halo 5: Guardians would release in November, as most Halos have, this now leaves Microsoft without a confirmed first-party Xbox One release for November. Will Forza Motorsport 6 release in September, and does this mean that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be Microsoft's November game? Discuss in the comments below!